By MICHAEL LEACH - Jun 17
The rain didn’t let up Friday, and neither did the Trojan offense.
The Fairfield softball team collected 10 hits in five innings to pick up its ...
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By ANDY HALLMAN - Jun 17
WOODWARD – The Pekin softball team went 2-1 in a high-scoring day of softball Saturday in Woodward at the Woodward-Granger Tournament.
The ...
By MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger ... - Jun 14
■ Pekin boys collect 18 hits in four-inning rout.
PACKWOOD — Hits. Walks. Errors.
The Pekin baseball team benefited from a bit of all of those ...
By MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger ... - Jun 14
PACKWOOD — Seven errors in the field and another three outs on the base paths had Pekin head coach Bryan Marlay scratching his head Thursday as ...
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Jun 14
WEST BURLINGTON — Twice West Burlington threatened a comeback in the final two innings Thursday, and both times the Cardinal baseball team turned ...
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Jun 14
DANVILLE — The Cardinal softball team got its head back above .500 with a 16-2, seven-inning rout of Danville Thursday.
The Comets, who improved ...
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Jun 14
PACKWOOD — Pekin took a pair of games from the Fairfield JV Orange softball team Thursday in Packwood. The Panthers beat Fairfield 8-3 in the ...
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Jun 14
RIVERSIDE — Thomas Fitzsimmons carried a no-hitter through six innings Thursday and the Van Buren baseball team picked up a 4-0 shutout win at ...
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By MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger ... - Jun 13
ALBIA — The good times just kept on rolling for the Fairfield softball team Wednesday as it extended its winning streak to 13 games with a ...
By MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger ... - Jun 13
When Joe Hietpas took the mound Wednesday in the first inning of Fairfield’s game vs. Davis County, he couldn’t have envisioned the frame going ...
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Jun 13
PACKWOOD — The Pekin softball team’s offense stalled in a 2-1 loss to Central Lee in a non-conference game Wednesday in Packwood.
“Unbelievable. ...
Jun 13
EDDYVILLE — A few early errors on the Fairfield JV Black defense later came back to haunt the visitors Wednesday as they fell to Eddyville-Blakesbu...
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Jun 13
Cardinal falls 12-5
ELDON — Lindsay Moore smacked a two-run homer and doubled Wednesday, but the Cardinal softball team couldn’t hold off Keokuk ...
By MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger ... - Jun 12
ELDON — Cardinal put itself in good position for a win, but visiting New London got the hitting bug just in the nick of time Tuesday.
After ...
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By MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger ... - Jun 12
LONE TREE — A little bit of patience at the plate went a long way for the Pekin baseball team Tuesday as it racked up three home runs en route to ...
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Jun 12
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — IDE Gymnastics took its usual success to a new level Saturday-Sunday and returned from the AmeriKids National Gymnastics ...
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Jun 12
The Cardinal baseball team upped its record to 9-4 with a pair of wins Monday and Tuesday.
The Comets blasted Holy Trinity 10-1 Monday in Fort ...
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Jun 12
The Fairfield JV Orange softball team dropped a pair of home games to Mount Pleasant Monday in Fairfield.
The Trojans lost game one by a score of ...
By ASHLEE DE WIT, Golden ... - Jun 11
MOUNT PLEASANT — Fairfield’s Austin Gridley threw a no-hitter in game one to lead the Trojans to a 6-0 Southeast Conference victory over host ...
By ASHLEE DE WIT, Golden ... - Jun 11
MOUNT PLEASANT — All three facets of the game were working for the Fairfield softball team, which stretched its win streak to 11 games with a ...
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By MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger ... - Jun 11
PACKWOOD — The Pekin softball team took two very different routes to the win column Monday, coming from behind to earn a 7-6 win from WACO before ...
Jun 11
Fairfield seniors Daniel Schwarz, left, and Jonny Swanson represented Iowa in the Senior Spotlight track and field meet Saturday at St. Francis ...
Jun 11
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Fairfield High School graduate and current St. Cloud Technical & Community College student Corbin Harwood was recently selected ...
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Jun 11
The Fairfield JV baseball team rebounded from a 3-2 defeat to Mount Pleasant in the opener of Monday’s Southeast Conference doubleheader to take a ...
By MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger ... - Jun 10
The Fairfield Invitational marked a fitting end to an impressive week for the Trojan softball team, which won its home tournament for the first ...
Jun 10
Fairfield boys’ soccer coach Felisto Guezimane handed out awards at the end-of-season team banquet Friday at Fairfield High School. Pictured are ...
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Jun 10
PACKWOOD — Junior pitcher Brennon Elder fired a two-hit shutout Thursday to lead the Cardinal baseball team to a 5-0 victory over rival Pekin in ...
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Jun 10
ELDON — Injuries prevented the Pekin softball team from using its top two starters Friday, and Cardinal took advantage on its way to a 12-0 ...
By MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger ... - Jun 07
With the Trojans clinging to a 5-3 lead in the top of the seventh inning and Keokuk runners occupying every base, Sydney Burnett could only hear ...
By MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger ... - Jun 07
For Fairfield head coach Josh Allison, the hardest part about Fairfield’s doubleheader vs. Keokuk Thursday was identifying everything that went ...
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Jun 07
PACKWOOD — Pekin scored in every inning but the fourth Thursday to roll to a 15-8 over Mediapolis in Southeast Iowa Super Conference softball ...
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Jun 07
NEW LONDON — New London pitcher Morgan Christner held the Van Buren softball team to just four hits Thursday in a 8-0 win for the host Tigers.
The ...
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Jun 07
JV Black cruises
KEOKUK — Fairfield’s JV Black softball team traveled to Keokuk Thursday and was able to walk out with a two-game sweep.
The ...
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Jun 06
The Fairfield boys’ soccer team has landed four players on the 2013 All-Southeast Conference soccer team, and two other Trojans have been named to ...
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By MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger ... - Jun 06
CENTERVILLE — Fairfield found itself on the right side of a pair of 7-3 baseball games Wednesday evening in Centerville, though the visitors took ...
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Jun 06
Beginning at 2 p.m. Friday, eight softball teams will be vying for the Fairfield Invitational crown.
Teams in attendance include Davis County, New ...
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Jun 06
Comets lose 6-3
ELDON — The Cardinal softball team dropped a 6-3 game to 14th-ranked (Class 2A) Highland Wednesday in Eldon.
Cardinal’s Lindsay ...
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Jun 06
Errors plagued the Fairfield JV Orange softball team in the opening game of Tuesday’s doubleheader vs. Fort Madison, but the Trojans righted the ...
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Jun 06
Fairfield varsity coach Tyler Miklo is holding two Trojan boys’ basketball camps in June.
A team camp is scheduled Monday, June 10, through ...
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Jun 06
A Trojan summer baseball camp will be held next week starting Monday at Trojan Field behind the Fairfield Middle School.
The camp, which will ...
Jun 05
OSKALOOSA — The Fairfield Area Soccer Association’s U14 team became champions for the fourth straight year at the season-ending tournament in ...
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By MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger ... - Jun 05
PACKWOOD — Pekin first-year baseball coach Pie Reighard said his team had its “best defense to date” in a 4-2 victory over conference foe Highland ...
Jun 05
FORT MADISON — One start was all Robert Barker needed to record his first ever no-hitter, and Van Buren cruised to a 15-2 victory over Holy ...
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Jun 05
MORAVIA — Van Buren’s seniors stepped up in a big way to hand their team a 10-4 victory Monday in Moravia.
The school’s recent graduates went a ...
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Jun 05
LETTS — Everything seemed to be working for the Pekin softball team Tuesday as it picked up an 11-4 victory over host Louisa-Muscatine.
The ...
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Jun 05
ELDON — The Cardinal baseball team picked up its third straight win Tuesday, blasting West Burlington/Notre Dame 9-1 in a Southeast Iowa Super ...
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Jun 05
WEST BURLINGTON — No. 2-ranked (Class 3A) West Burlington/Notre Dame picked up a 5-1 win over Cardinal in Southeast Iowa Super Conference softball ...
By MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger ... - Jun 04
All the Fairfield baseball team needed was one big inning to get past non-conference foe Van Buren Monday.
Its pitching took care of the rest.
The ...
By MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger ... - Jun 04
FORT MADISON — The Trojan softball team’s upward trend continued Monday as it pushed its winning streak to four games with a doubleheader sweep of ...
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Jun 04
Ridgway baffles Central Lee batters
DONNELLSON — Delaney Ridgway pitched a complete game shutout to lift the Cardinal softball team to a 4-0 ...
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Jun 04
OTTUMWA — Fairfield JV Black rallied back from a four-run deficit Saturday to top Chariton 8-6 at the Ottumwa JV Invitational in Ottumwa.
The ...
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Jun 04
The Fairfield summer volleyball camps are opening this month with another to follow in August. Registration is still open for the camps.
Two camps ...
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Jun 04
Fairfield High School head tennis coach Bill Sheppard will be leading a boys summer tennis camp for three weeks starting Monday at the Fairfield ...
By TRAVIS J. BROWN, ... - Jun 03
WELLMAN — Before Friday’s Class 1A regional semifinal, Mid-Prairie senior Kattie Redlinger had heard whispers that Fairfield was “coming for” the ...
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Jun 03
ELDON — Cardinal split a pair of games in a home tournament Saturday in Eldon, falling to Davis County 16-2 and defeating Tri-County 13-4.
Sophomor...
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Jun 03
KALONA — Behind a stellar performance from senior starter Cameron Gingerich, IMS kept Pekin off the scoreboard and posted a 9-0 win Friday in ...
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Jun 03
IOWA CITY — The Fairfield softball team bounced back nicely following two disappointing defeats against Washington to earn a pair of wins at the ...
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Jun 03
PACKWOOD — Pekin displayed some of its best hitting and pitching of the season in Friday’s home triangular, and the result was one win in two ...
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Jun 03
OSKALOOSA — Delaney Ridgway recorded four hits Saturday, including one home run and a triple, to lead the Cardinal softball team to a 1-1 record ...
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Jun 03
Fairfield JV Black dropped a pair of games to Muscatine at home Friday.
Brynna Bowman started in the circle and took the loss as Muscatine went ...
By MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger ... - May 31
ANKENY — Karley Williams mustn’t care much for the term “sophomore slump,” because the Trojan instead had a breakthrough second season punctuated ...
May 31
The Fairfield 14U Crush softball team caught fire in May, recently winning 14 times in a 15-game span after opening the season with a 2-4 record.
T...
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May 31
Athletes from Team Fairfield competed in biking and track and field events at the 2013 Special Olympics Summer Games May 23-24 in Ames.
The local ...
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May 31
Cancellations and postponements around the Iowa sports world continued into Thursday and Friday, affecting softball and baseball games for ...
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May 31
Trojan senior golfers Ashley Henkel and Kristen Terrell were both recently selected to the Southeast Conference’s all-academic team for 2013, head ...
May 30
Every member of the Fairfield boys’ golf squad was given an IHSAA Distinguished Academic Award for team GPA at the season-ending banquet Tuesday. ...
May 30
Awards were given out Tuesday at the Fairfield girls’ track and field team’s end-of-season banquet at Fairfield High School. Winners are, from ...
May 30
Head coach Brian Dunlap doled out awards to members of the Fairfield boys’ track and field team at its end-of-season banquet Tuesday. Award ...
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By MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger ... - May 30
WASHINGTON, Iowa — A few big innings in each game of Wednesday’s softball doubleheader proved to be the difference for Washington as it picked up ...
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May 30
NEW LONDON — Pekin got in the win column with a 6-2 victory over New London Wednesday in a Southeast Iowa Super Conference North matchup in New ...
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May 30
BLOOMFIELD — Riding yet another dominant pitching performance from freshman Delaney Ridgway, the Cardinal softball team claimed its second shutout ...
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May 30
The Fairfield freshman softball team managed to pick up two wins while also wrapping up a rain-suspended game Wednesday night vs. Mount Pleasant.
T...
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May 30
The varsity baseball doubleheader between Fairfield and Chariton scheduled Wednesday in Fairfield was postponed. A make-up date has been scheduled ...
By MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger ... - May 29
Once the rain died down in time for Fairfield’s substate girls’ soccer opener vs. Centerville, another downpour started.
This downpour, however, ...
By MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger ... - May 29
DES MOINES — On the heels of Sam Stickels’ third-place finish at the state singles tournament over the weekend, the Pioneer sophomore’s team ...
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May 29
PACKWOOD — Pekin was out-hit 7-5 in Friday’s softball game against Lone Tree, but the host team made all five of its hits count en route to an ...
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May 29
Play was suspended at both the Cardinal and Pekin home softball games Tuesday because of strong thunderstorms.
In Eldon, Cardinal led Harmony 11-0 ...
May 28
WATERLOO — Maharishi School sophomore Sam Stickels added another state medal to his growing pile Saturday, finishing third in singles play at the ...
By MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger ... - May 28
Junior Marisa Repp smashed a no-doubt, two-run homer over the left field fence Friday to spur Fairfield’s offense in a 5-2 victory over visiting ...
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May 28
The Ottumwa baseball team broke loose for 11 runs in the second inning Friday en route to a 15-2 win over Fairfield. The loss was the second ...
May 28
The Fairfield girls’ tennis team recently wrapped up its season with a banquet Thursday at Fairfield High School. Pictured are award winners, from ...
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May 28
The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department announces a summer sand volleyball league. Co-ed, men’s, and women’s teams can participate.
Women’s ...
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May 28
Ottumwa held the Fairfield JV baseball team to five hits in a 3-1 win Friday in Fairfield.
Jordan Reid, Cam Baumann, Justin Leonard, Cody Craff ...
By MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger ... - May 24
Hitting holes-in-one seems to run in the Keeley family.
Tom and Linda Keeley of Fairfield have recorded a combined eight in their lifetimes. Tom ...
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May 24
WINFIELD — Pekin was without starter Leslie Stone on Thursday, but teammate Cheyann Lankford filled in nicely to hand the Panthers their first win ...
May 24
The Fairfield JV Black softball team was hit with seven errors in the nightcap Thursday, and Ottumwa saved its best for last to sweep the host ...
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May 24
9-10 Girls
Standing Long Jump
1. Yana Gaskell 5’ 11”
2. Sophie Wittrock 5’ 10”
3. Delaney Breen 5’ 5”
Softball Throw
1. Olivia Jones 95’ 1”
2. ...
By MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger ... - May 23
MOUNT PLEASANT — The Fairfield boys’ soccer team got rid of one thorn in its side when it disposed of Keokuk in the opening round of substate play ...
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May 23
DES MOINES — Nicole Buch and the seventh-grade Lady Barnstormers played up in the ninth-grade AAU State Tournament May 11-12 in Des Moines and ...
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May 23
BURLINGTON — Cardinal dropped a pair of games in a softball doubleheader with Burlington Wednesday.
The Comets fell 8-2 in the first game and lost ...
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May 23
MOUNT PLEASANT — The Trojan softball team was ahead 5-3 Wednesday when rain came and suspended play of their road game against Mount Pleasant.
Moun...
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May 23
BLOOMFIELD — The Fairfield baseball team dropped a pair of games in their season opener at Davis County Wednesday, falling 6-3 in the first game ...
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May 22
ELDON — Brennon Elder smashed a grand slam and drove in four runs Monday as Cardinal rolled to a 12-7 win over New London in the season opener at ...
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May 22
WAPELLO — Wapello spoiled the managerial debut of new Pekin head coach Pie Reighard on Tuesday, defeating the Panthers 5-3 in the season opener in ...
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May 22
KEOSAUQUA — Junior Robby Laughlin pitched a complete game and helped out his own cause with a three-run homer, lifting the Van Buren baseball team ...
May 22
DES MOINES — AIB College of Business head men’s bowling coach Michael Cook has announced the signing of Jeff Keller to a National Letter of Intent ...
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May 22
WAPELLO — A 10-1 loss to start the season might worry some softball coaches.
But not Bryan Marlay, whose Pekin softball team fell by that exact ...
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May 22
Comets KO Danville
ELDON — Cardinal softball made quick work of Danville in its season opener Tuesday, picking up an 11-1 win in a shortened, ...
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May 22
BURLINGTON — Fairfield JV Black softball split its season-opening doubleheader with Burlington on Tuesday.
Fairfield won the first game 8-2 but ...
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May 22
Fairfield’s JV baseball team got its season started Monday with a home doubleheader vs. Williamsburg.
The Trojans lost their first game 5-3 before ...
By MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger ... - May 21
Felisto Guezimane is well aware of the history between Fairfield and Keokuk on the pitch. He’s also familiar with the old saying, “It’s hard to ...
By MICHAEL LEACH, Ledger ... - May 21
Eighth-grader Kenady Waugh made a dent in the scoreboard in her first at-bat Monday.
In her second, Waugh made Trojan softball history.
The ...
May 21
For the first time without Lawrence Eyre as head coach, the Pioneer boys’ tennis team earned a trip to the Class 1A state team tournament with a ...
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May 21
OSKALOOSA — The Fairfield girls’ golf team shot its best 18-hole round of the season Monday, finishing eighth out of 12 at a regional tournament ...
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May 21
WILLIAMSBURG — In the season opener at Williamsburg Monday, the Fairfield boys’ baseball team endured a rough first game before lightning spoiled ...
